Meet the experts shaping the future of HR & L&D
2026 Speakers

Kamen Kanev

General Manager

Riddhima Kowley

Global Head & Wellbeing

Aysha Sulaiman

Group Director of Human Resources Development

Dr. Jassim Al Awadhi

Executive Director-Head of Enterprise Platforms

Uzma Chishti

Group Head HR

Claudette Marchadesch

Group Chief Human Capital Officer

Ritika Bhandari

Vice President - HR(GCC)

Industry Expert

Islam Shikooh

Head of Human Resources

Yusra Baqi

Chief Human Capital Officer

Ayanda Moropane

Head of People & Culture Pizza Hut Middle East & Africa

Karima Fares

People Lead UAE

FUEL

Dr. Don Vimal 

Director of Human Resources

Shahed Abdul Rahiman

Head HR-Corporate

Hind Alattar

Chief Human Capital Officer

Gaurav Warman

Head HR & L&D

Capt (Dr) Pranav Prasoon Thakur

Chief People Officer

Reem Algasim

Head - HR

Arun Kaimal

Senior Director HR

Khalid Khadim

Human Capital Director

Government entity

Esha Marwah

Head HR - UAE Oman Qatar

Amit L Barua

Program Director

Heena Bose

CEO

Fizza Sabir

Principal People and Culture Advisor, HR Head of Section

Dr. Natalia Yutanova

Owner & CEO

Dipankar Das

Head of Learning and Development, Home Box GCC

Anja Petrovski

Chief People Officer

Akbar Khan

Head of Learning, Employee Experience and Talent Management

Qudrat Bhatia

Head - People & Performance

Haitham Akl

Executive Director, People & Organization

Nitin Bansal

Associate Vice President- Senior Learning Partner International

Pallavi Singh

Head of Talent Management

Natalie Gleeson

Vice President Human Capital

Khalid Al Shizawi

Head of Talent Acquisition

Government Entity

Uzma I Chaudhry

Head of L&D, Quality Assurance, and Customer Service, Tim Horton's GCC

Abhishek David

AVP Head of Talent Management & Leadership Development